Biology News

A team led by a Texas A&M University anthropologist has discovered a group of primates not seen alive in 85 years.

Like something from a horror movie, the swarm of bacteria ripples purposefully toward their prey, devours it and moves on.

It could become a reality thanks to a new study by Rice University bioengineers.

Scientists from the Monell Center present behavioral and chemical findings to reveal that an individual's underlying odor signature remains detectable even in the face of major dietary changes.

Scientists have confirmed the second-ever case of a “virgin birth” in a shark, indicating once again that female sharks can reproduce without mating and raising the possibility that many female sharks have this incredible capacity.

Thousands of feet below the bottom of the sea, off the shores of Santa Barbara, single-celled organisms are busy feasting on oil.

Tons, perhaps tens of tons, of carbon molecules in dust particles and meteorites fall on Earth daily.

Molecular biologists from Tuebingen, Germany, have discovered how the growth of leaves and the aging process of plants are coordinated.

A new iguana has been discovered in the central regions of Fiji. The colorful new species, named Brachylophus bulabula, joins only two other living Pacific iguana species, one of which is critically endangered.

Walnut trees respond to stress by producing significant amounts of a chemical form of aspirin, scientists have discovered.